How many miles can you jog feeling comfortable?

[keepthemhandsup]

endurance.....if you run more miles i gannntuee you'll last longer than an opponet who only run 5 miles in sprints. plus it helps with weight loss

and pro's need to run 10 miles anyway, they're fighting for 36 mintues straight minus the breaks, if they gotta fight for 12 rounds the need the engry or they'll be gassed

[keepthemhandsup]

How long you can run is a major factor in how fast you recover between rounds where as the sprinting keeps you going during the round.....kinda pointless to be able to go all out for a round but hardly recover for the next one

good post i competly aggre with you

[fraidycat]

good post i competly aggre with you

THE measure of cardiovascular fitness is how quickly your heart rate drops once you stop exercising. Long runs help with this. I can do 4 miles in 45 minutes or so before my feet start to hurt (high arches) -- I can do 6 miles in an hour but my feet are sore as hell the next day.

[lanzarote]

Sounds like your running style sucks.

I recommend anyone interested in running better,more efficient,with less stress on your knees etc to download and watch a training vid called "CHI RUNNING"

It will transform your running.Well did for me. I have watched it a few times and the tips are great.

Also sore feet ? Maybe your trainers are to small?

[shogunn]

about 4 a day, 3-5 times a week, on a treadmill at the gym. The last 2 minutes Im going my fastest, usually speed 7.5 - 11

By the end of the week my thigh's are kinda sore and I get shin splints

[mathed]

I usually do 2 and 3 miles on monday/wed/fri and tues/thurs, respectively but I am gonna run an 8K in a month and have been training. I'm gonna do 2 mile and 4 miles on the days above and then 5 to 6 on sat.

I can go about 7 or 8 before my feet start to blister. I have gone 13 before at a steady pace my legs ached the next day.

[fraidycat]

Sounds like your running style sucks.

I recommend anyone interested in running better,more efficient,with less stress on your knees etc to download and watch a training vid called "CHI RUNNING"

It will transform your running.Well did for me. I have watched it a few times and the tips are great.

Also sore feet ? Maybe your trainers are to small?

I appreciate the info but I'm good. I had a running coach about ten years ago, when I was doing sprint-distance triathlons. I was big for a triathlete (came to it from bodybuilding), and had to learn to run efficiently. I use diaphragmatic breathing and a rolling midfoot strike, with very little wasted motion.

The main problem is that I'm 38, with high arches, and as a boat builder, I work on my feet all day at a job that many guys can't hack for even a week. I've had a physical day job of one sort or the other for the past ten years. On top of that, I lift weights, run, and train for boxing.

Over the past 20 years I've done soccer, bodybuilding, triathlons, 10K's, fencing, boxing, mountaineering, rock climbing, bowhunting, skydiving, and last spring I ran 69 flights of stairs (1,300 steps) in 18 minutes for a charity run. My feet are beaten to hell, as anyone's should be at my age if they're not some cubicle-dwelling lardass with no scars. A four-mile run is about my limit unless I can take a day off.

[Sgt. Pain]

i run a liil bit more then 3 miles every second day, i think its enough, because there is also boxing workout in the gym3 times a week and i go 2 times in the week to the lifting room

[Del Coqui]

I dont really do heaps long runs (more than 4-5 miles) as they aren't really that beneficical in the ams. But I have jogged about 10 miles a few times, and i was pretty tired at the end but it was hot also and i wore a jumper. But really there isn't much point to it, your pace slows to a crawl and it isn't specific at all to boxing.

These days I run 5-6 times per week, with about 3-4 of those running sessions being expolsive sprinting stuff like stair sprinting, 50m sprints, 200's 400's 800's etc. And with usually two 5 mile runs, at a strong balanced pace. And I do the odd 2-3 mile run where I run as hard as I can for that distance.

EDIT: after looking through some of your posts, i mean if you are training to box (especially am) wtf is the point of a 11 or 15 mile run?? Even for a 12 round pro that would just be ******, since their fights go for 48 minutes in total (including breaks) and A run of more than 8 or so miles generally takes over an hour. Im of the opinion now you have to alter your running to what you are fighting, I fight 3x2 min rounds so for a sprint workout i might do 4x2 min rounds of stair sprints, plus 10x50m sprints with a 10 sec break in between each one, then some 400's or 800's. (the extra stuff is just to know you can give everything in the 3 rds, like you know you could fight 4 or 5 hard rounds instead of just 3)

Sprints and short intense runs really are the way to go in am boxing. Long runs are pretty much good for only generally getting into shape, and losing weight for fights.

totally agree with this guy. ON long slow runs that's exactly what your teaching your muscles to be, slow, all those miles could also lead to ankle, knee and back problems. Amateurs are at most 4 rds, you have to be quick and explosive, if you're not recuperating in time you're either going too easy on sparring or having weight problems, going pro is a different story. It depends how hard you work on your sprints, one of Trinidad's work outs was running 20x200, w/200 fast and 200 jog, he could fight 12 rds with his mouth closed. Not saying a timed 3 mile run a week or so is not beneficial either, but some of you who fight ams need to rethink your work road.

[JayCoe]

I usually run between 3-5 miles. The general rule is you should NEVER get back from a run and feel fine to do whatever. You run faster at 2 mile than you do at 5, equalling out the levels of tiredness and ensuring you're not just wasting your time on a pointless run. Running a 2 miles at a much faster pace builds a different stamina so distance isn't always important. But I get what you mean by 'comfortable', that kind of distance where you don't actually start thinking "jesus, am I going to be able to finish this one?". I'd say 5 miles is a good limit for me, i'm comfortable with that being my long distance run and 3 miles being my much faster run.

I have friends of mine who go on about how they've been running for an hour straight, and I think that's pretty good for someone who doesn't do a sport like boxing. I think **** i've had to work for my fitness, how have they got it so easy?! Then I find out that they practically walk, they go on a very gentle jog and talk. No real point in doing that in my opinion.